Friday, August 26, 2011

Recap: Food Porn Laboratory

Food Porn Laboratory was an event held on August 11th (a few weeks ago) by Visual Communication. It was a "three part feast" for those who are into food photography or simply just food. I was fortunate enough to be informed about this event through a friend who have heard it from another friend. (:

The first of the "three part feast" was the community potluck/ mingling time. On my part, I have bought in coconut butter cookies (my trusted recipe) and mochi donuts (first time making and using my new mini donut pan *more update on this in future post).

I was happily surprised at how delicious everything was and how everyone is equally excited about the potluck as I am. One dish I HAVE to note is this curry beef rice thing on a tortilla chip. It was SOOO YUMMY& appealing!<3

The second part was the food photography/styling workshop led by Kirk McKoy and Ken Kwok. This was a pretty casual presentation/ demonstration where McKoy and Kwok gave plenty pointers on how to photograph in a dark restaurant environment and how to reduce "flatness" when using flash. *I would've never thought about using cell phone as a back light!9:

Here's a picture of Kirk McKoy sharing his wisdom.

The last part of the night... the photo competition! Honestly, I was intimidated by this part (after seeing many with their pretty dslrs). The rules were that we get to shoot five dishes total (sponsored by Starry Kitchen) and only two minutes to shoot each one. We get to use any props we brought with us or the ones provided there. And mmm, no photoshopping! It was quite an intense and new experience. But phew, I managed to survive and was able to find a couple of "acceptable" shots to upload for the four categories we are competing for (Food Porn, Best Color, Best Composition and Best Mood). Oh yeah, and not to mention.. McKoy was there to give us some guidance while we were shooting! Great help.

-->> DUN DUN DUN!
And winners were announced TODAY! Guess what guess whatttttttt!

I WON BEST COLOR.Totally shocked, unexpected

and Happy!

Sorry, my point and shoot.. for slightly underestimating you. I knew you could pull through(:

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Anyways, I am so glad I got to take part in this awesome event. And big thanks to everyone at Visual Communication for putting this together!